Texas can’t require public schools to display Ten Commandments in class, judge rules

Law temporarily blocked after group sought preliminary injunction, saying it violated first amendment protections

Texas cannot require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said on Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state's new requirement, making it the third such state law to be blocked by a court.

A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders sought a preliminary injunction against the law, which goes into effect on 1 September. They say the requirement violates the first amendment's protections for the separation of church and state and the right to free religious exercise.